The ban has also renewed a wider debate about how Russia’s bureaucratic machine keeps frustrating the military effort.

Russia’s move to ban Discord, an instant messaging platform popular among gamers and programmers, sparked a backlash from military bloggers who say it’s used by drone operators at the front in the war on Ukraine.

Moscow: Russia's telecoms watchdog on Tuesday announced that it was banning social media platform Discord for violating the country's laws, signalling the latest move by authorities

Turkey has blocked access to instant messaging platform Discord in line with a court decision after the platform refused to share information demanded by Ankara, Turkish authorities said on Wednesday.